REES, Thomas Emlyn
| Service Number: | 191 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 26 August 1883 |
| Home Town: | Cessnock, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Plot LIII, Row B, Grave No. 8 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 191, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 191, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 191, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 12th October 1917, Private Thomas Emlyn Rees, referred to as Major, 35th Battalion (Lewis Machine Gun Section, Reg No-191), miner from Colliery Road, South Cessnock, New South Wales, was killed by an enemy sniper or hit by shrapnel, 1st Battle of Passchendaele, Passchendaele Campaign, age 34.
Born at Wallsend, New South Wales on the 26th August 1883 to Rev. James Reid (died 16.8.1903, Pelaw Main, N.S.W., age 59), and Maria Rees nee John (died 1.2.1948, Wallsend, N.S.W., age 93, mother of 7?, 45 years a widow), from Pelaw Main, N.S.W. and Lorna Street, Waratah, N.S.W. (1923) and Newcastle Road, Wallsend, N.S.W., Major enlisted on the 16th December 1915 at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Wounded in Action - 22.12.1916, remained on duty, ?.6.1917 (GSW left foot).
Reported Missing, 12.10.1917.
Reported KIA, 16.5.1918.
Major is resting at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium. Plot LIII Row B Grave 8.
Place of Association – Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Rees’s name has been inscribed on the Cessnock War Memorial. Name would probably be inscribed on the Cessnock Congregational Church Roll of Honour, whereabouts unknown.
Unfortunately, there is no memorial inscription at the Rees gravesite to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of Tom’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. CONGREGATIONAL-2CNE. 41.
Photos and Memorial Plaque placed at gravesite on the 27th May 2019.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
Note: There was a Thomas Emlyn Rees born at Wallsend, New South Wales to James and Maria on the 29.7.1882, died 15.9.1882, 17 days old, sleeping at Old Wallsend Cemetery, no death or funeral notice located on Trove.
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